Jay Rayner

Fri 21st and Sat 22nd November, 10.30pm

The renowned restaurant critic, Masterchef judge and sometime
jazz pianist JAY RAYNER returns to The Crazy Coqs
after a hugely popular debut here, with THE JAY RAYNER
QUARTET; HUNGRY JAZZ - an ensemble of top flight musicians
performing ninety minutes of tunes from the Great American food and
drink songbook.

There will be standards from the likes of Johnny Mercer, Harold
Arlen, Blossom Dearie and Dave Frishberg, alongside anecdotes from
his life being paid to eat out on somebody else's dime, and stories
about growing up with a mother, Claire Rayner, who was a sex advice
columnist. With the singer Pat Gordon Smith, bassist Robert
Rickenberg and saxophonist Dave Lewis.

Jay Rayner is The Observer's award-winning restaurant critic, a
regular judge on Masterchef, food reporter on The One Show and
presenter of The Kitchen Cabinet on BBC Radio 4. He's a former sex
columnist for Cosmopolitan, has published seven books, none of
which have troubled the bestseller lists, and once allowed himself
to be waxed all over in the interests of journalism. He only
mentions this because it hurt. Jay has a fine collection of flowery
shirts, and a pronounced addiction to all things pig.